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With a thriving ready-to-wear brand, several collaboration projects on the go, four kids, a dashing hubby (publisher Alasdhair Willis) and an icon for a Dad (Sir Paul!) it’s little wonder we bow down to Stella McCartney. Who doesn’t want to be a Stella girl? She’s effortlessly chic but not perfectly turned out; she is a minimalist but has a playful side; she is confident and a great confidante. In the modeling world a Stella girl looks like Miranda Kerr, Natasha Poly, Natalia Vodianova, or Anja Rubik, fitting given that they all walked in McCartney’s Spring 2012 show. And what a show it was: crisp white jackets with mesh inserts, Baroque-inspired embellishment, a shockwave of royal blue, tunics with side slits (a big theme this week), casual pieces in a graphic wave motif reminiscent of silk pajamas, paisley (welcome back!), one-shouldered dresses, onyx-white clutches, sporty flatforms, and quilted shoulder bags tied in a bow.

This morning, news broke that Giles Deacon is no longer working as creative director and leading designer at Ungaro. The story of the reported mutual breakup is being met with surprise, coming just weeks shy of Paris fashion week, and after only two collections (and two very well received collections at that) with the Parisian fashion house. The Spring 2012 line will be the last collab between Deacon and Ungaro, and is rumoured to not even have been designed by Deacon himself, but instead “reflect the work of the design team.”

Deacon was the latest in a long list of short-lived collaborations with the likes of Giambattista Valli, Peter Dundas, Esteban Cortazar and even Lindsay Lohan. His departure begs the question: is the brand stable?

Having such a tumultuous staff does not bode well, and with no replacement named, we will wait with baited breath to see what the future holds for the Ungaro name as well as its place within the industry.

We break down the biggest (and most decorative) hair moment on the runways and give you all you need to know for fall.

By Lesa Hannah and Sarah Daniel

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By Renee Reardin and Meagan Wilson

Missing your Lauren Conrad fix—whether you’re willing to admit it or not? Take a peek at the intro that never was, from her cancelled reality show. [Angela+Ithyle]

WHAT THEY’LL BE TALKING ABOUT IN 5 YEARS:
The Chanel show, which took over the entire Grand Palais with some 3,000 seats, 87 models and an 80-piece orchestra.

Kylie Minogue hosted the amfAR Inspiration gala in Los Angeles last night and wore a thigh-skimming embroidered Emanuel Ungaro dress. The LBD is a perennial fave–is this a good lacy update or one pointy hat short of a Halloween costume? Vote now!

Paris hasn’t offered up much tailoring for spring ’11. But Stella McCartney built her business on the structured jacket and she isn’t about to abandon what she knows best. Showing amid the opulence of the Opera Garnier, McCartney delivered a collection that hit all the top trends and more. There were soft printed dresses with […]

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Stella McCartney just launched her second capsule collection for Target Australia. We’d suggest you book a plane ticket, but then you may as well buy the ready-to-wear. [Frockwriter, via Racked]

See what we said about stunt casting? Street style blogger favourite Anna Dello Russo modeled for Giles Deacon’s first show for Emanuel Ungaro. [Twitter]

Re: Ungaro. Cathy Horyn doesn’t seem to be a fan of Deacon’s effort for the house. [NYTimes]

A five-months-pregnant Miranda Kerr walked in the Balenciaga Spring 2011 show in Paris this morning. Designer Nicholas Ghesquière also cast Stella Tennant, Amber Valetta and some unknown streeters.  [Styleite]

Giles Deacon has opted to skip the runway in favour of a daisy-shaped podium to present his first collection for Emanuel Ungaro. Also ix-nayed for the presentation: “brash” colours. [WWD]

We hope this rumour isn’t true: Marc Jacobs and Lorenzo Martone have reportedly ended their relationship. It’s hard to tell at this point what’s real and what’s not, but both Jacobs and Martone have declined to comment. But they had such a great wedding cake… [The Cut]

Jacobs’ business partner, Robert Duffy, got married in Rhode Island last week. [NYTimes]

Is Giles Deacon in or out at Ungaro? Blog buzz is that he’s snagged the creative director role, but Deacon himself saying that there is nothing to report at this point. [Vogue UK]

The dusty Ungaro drama is far from settling, with the announcement today that Estrella Archs leaving the label. “Estrella Archs announces that she has left her job as chief designer of Emanuel Ungaro due to irreconcilable differences related to the creative direction of the brand,” a spokesperson for the designer confirmed. [Vogue UK]

Anna Wintour spoke at the Pratt Institute last night in a tribute to Irving Penn, and we got a glimpse into the softer side of the Vogue editor-in-chief, calling Penn a “seductive” man who she immediately had “an intellectual crush [on].”  She concluded her speech quite emotionally, saying “He made me a better editor. He was always in my head…. Irving’s gifts to us will not end.” [Fashionista]

Rumour has it that Giles Deacon may take over as the revolving-door role of creative director for Emanuel Ungaro. Deacon was spotted with Ungaro owner Asim Abdullah last Friday in Paris, and in the world of fashion gossip that obviously means they’re working together. [Vogue UK] Catherine McNeil‘s girlfriend, Aussie MTV host Ruby Rose, apparently […]

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